This is really confusing: until this evening Joe Wilson was a good guy

[question everything]

I am taken aback just reading all the posts here.

Oh well.

(I am talking of course, of the spouse of Valerie Plame)

[tblue]

1. Oh. Very funny. Ha ha.

[jobycom]

2. Joe Wilsons come, and Joe Wilsons go, and only Joe Wilsons remain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wilson

People

In politics
Joe Wilson (U.S. politician) (born 1947), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Joseph C. Wilson, former United States ambassador and husband of Valerie Plame Wilson
Joseph G. Wilson (1826–1873), U.S. Representative from Oregon
Joseph Havelock Wilson (1858–1929), British trade union leader, Liberal politician, and campaigner for the rights of merchant seamen
Joseph Vivian Wilson, former New Zealand ambassador to France

In sports
Joe Wilson (footballer born 1861), played at outside left for Stoke, Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion
Joe Wilson (footballer born 1937), played at full back for Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers
Joe Wilson (1920s and 1930s footballer), date of birth unknown, played for Gillingham and Walsall
Joe Wilson (bobsleigh), American Olympic bobsledder
Joseph Wilson (martial arts), martial artist

Other people
Joseph Bearwalker Wilson, Shamanist and Founder of the 1734 tradition of witchcraft
Joseph C. Wilson (Xerox), founder of the Xerox Corporation
Joseph R. Wilson, theologian and father of Woodrow Wilson
Joe Wilson (musician), member of the British band Sneaker Pimps
Joe Lee Wilson, gospel-influenced jazz singer from Oklahoma, USA

Fictional characters
Joe Wilson (fictional character), a fictional character appearing in numerous Henry Lawson short stories
Jericho (comics), also known as Joseph William Wilson, a fictional comic book superhero

[question everything]

5. Woah! At least if one is simply Joe Wilson from Main St.

Anytown USA, he knows that it would not be easy googling him.

[Clio the Leo]

3. lol, I had to double check that I had the right name......

.... before I posting the OP I just did.

[BeyondGeography]

4. What is it about Obama that offends the Joe Wilsons of the world?

(Remembering that Valerie's husband served up some of the most over-the-top assessments of Obama's "naive" foreign policy views during the primaries...)

[asdjrocky]

6. Funny you say that.

The first thing I thought was, what the hell did Joe Wilson do? (Thinking of the same guy as you.)